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Riverhead Hillshade

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This hillshade terrian map shows the terrain of Eastern Long Island near Riverhead.

Riverhead Hillshade

Long Island’s Last Duck Farm Weighs Closure After Outbreak Leads to Killing of Entire Flock – Morning Ag Clips

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Long Island’s Last Duck Farm Weighs Closure After Outbreak Leads to Killing of Entire Flock – Morning Ag Clips

Unsplash) NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Long Island was once synonymous with “duck” in the culinary world. Now it may lose its last commercial farm.

The?avian flu outbreak?that has led to the slaughter of millions of birds at U.S. poultry farms and?driven up the price of eggs?struck the Crescent Duck Farm this week, leading federal officials to order the destruction of the operation’s entire flock.

The End of the L.I.E.

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In 1973, facing community opposition and the state's deteriorating budget situation, the Long Island Expressway extension was cancelled, ending abruptly at Horseblock Road (which us children have a more obscene term for) and Old Country Road about 5 miles outside of Riverhead. A series of outlet mauls, an amusement park and other businesses popped up very conveniently at the end of the L.I.E., hoping to capture the dollar of the tourist heading out to the wild country of Western Long Island after leaving the city. Manhattan is roughly 70 miles to the west on Nation's Largest Parking Lot as some people call the L.I.E.